Print proof. Plate size: 15.5x12.5 cm. Publications: The graphic work of Giorgio Morandi edited by L. Vitali, Turin 1964, pag. 14 ill.3 (illustrated another example); Morandi. The graphic work. Correspondences and Variations edited by M. Cordaro, Milan, 1990, pag. 5 n.1915 (other example illustrated). Provenance: Brandi Collection; Sprovieri Gallery, Rome, 1990; Private Collection, Rome. It is the oldest still life engraved by Giorgio Morandi dated by Vitali in 1915. Of the very few known examples, some are on India paper, others on Japan paper, high on ivory cardboard.

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